PHOTOS; BARACK and MICHELLE OBAMA campaigning yesterday in Eugene, Keizer, Oregon

[flpoljunkie]

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) gets some advice on what to order from a young patron during a stop at the Prince Puckler's ice cream shop in Eugene, Oregon May 17, 2008.
REUTERS/Richard Clement


Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., second from left, and his wife Michelle, right, poses with employees at Prince Puckler's ice cream shop in Eugene, Ore., Saturday, May 17, 2008.
(AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)


Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., right, and his wife Michelle eat ice cream at Prince Puckler's ice cream shop in Eugene, Ore., Saturday, May 17, 2008.
(AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)


Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., center, and his wife Michelle talk to supporters outside Prince Puckler's ice cream shop in Eugene, Ore., Saturday, May 17, 2008.
(AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)


Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., bottom left, and his wife Michelle greet people at the Iris Festival in Keizer, Ore., Saturday, May 17, 2008. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)


Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., left, and his wife Michelle order soda and popcorn at a concession stand at the Iris Festival in Keizer, Ore., Saturday, May 17, 2008.
(AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

And, a baby photo from yesterday in Roseburg, Oregon...

Democratic presidental hopeful US Senator Barack Obama (L) holds a baby during a campaign rally at Roseburg High School in Roseburg, Oregon. Obama set his sights on November's general election Saturday as he campaigned in Oregon, where he hopes to declare victory in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination. (AFP/Getty Images/Justin Sullivan)

[DesEtoiles]

1. awesome!

[roguevalley]

16. look at the delight on that boy's face in picture two. this will be a moment

he will regale his grandchildren with, same expression in place. these are such nice pictures, such sweetness. I cannot tell you how much I have longed for this. Thank you for showing my state and our future first couple. I feel better today. :)

[Botany]

2. You can't fake "nice"

Wonderful pictures.

[uponit7771]

6. WORD!! They are genuine, we'll have some decent leaders

[Botany]

11. Picture #1 is from a Norman Rockwell painting.

The American Dream .... a cute little boy, ice cream, and
MLK's dream* coming true.


* I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves
and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table
of brotherhood.

I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the
heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an
oasis of freedom and justice.

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they
will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.

[tridim]

13. If it were composed slightly better it would be a perfect picture

"What kind of ice cream did you get kiddo?"



"Dat one."

[Botany]

15. Well without daddy in it would be nice but it is a hell of a shot

Dad looking @ his son rather than the man who
might very well be President .... Michelle talking to
a mom with a kid on her hip ... and the little boy
holding dad for "protection" as he tells Barack which
ice cream to get.

Although I am worried about "Cone-gate" he is eating
it from a cup .... please what type A behavior ... gimme
a sugar cone w/ 2 scoops ... French Vanillia & Dark Fudge
(maybe mint choc. chip or peach).

[Mrs. Overall]

3. Wow, great pictures! And he went to Roseburg--whenever I have driven through Roseburg,

I think of it as an isolated, very conservative town. How great that he had a rally there.

[RazBerryBeret]

4. great pics!!!

beautiful couple!

[K Gardner]

5. Oregon is such a beautiful, compelling and progressive state ! Great pics.. again :-)

[Bluebear]

7. I *love* this photo, just a slice of life:

[Hope And Change]

8. K & R!

[RichardRay]

9. Prince Puckler's!!!!!

One of my favorites. Whenever I drift through Euegene on my annual return to my Oregon roots I make a stop there! (and then on the the Pelican Pub in Pacific City out on the coast).

[Blarch]

10. great pics.

[mystieus]

12. Michelle ~ any lower and i'll break your knee caps, lol

[catgirl]

14. Thanks!!

[gabby garcia]

17. is that pistachio ice cream he's eating?

isn't that an elitist flavor! :9

[Bolo Boffin]

19. In a cup, no less.

Real people eat ice cream on a cone, and they bite the bottom out of the cone and drink the melted ice cream from the bottom.

You can't bite the bottom out of a cup! You'd look crazy doing that. Why is Barack Obama so afraid of looking crazy? Something wrong with looking crazy? Huh? Huh?

And there's Michelle with Rocky Road. Why has Michelle always got to be whining about her hard life? Can't she just order ice cream without having to shove the oppression of black people in our faces??

I'll bet they both secretly ordered a tub of vanilla so they can go back to the bus and chow down on Whitey with Jeremiah Wright. Prove they didn't! SHOW ME THE RECEIPT. Why isn't the receipt on the website? What are they trying to hide??

[Olney Blue]

20. It might be mint chocolate chip- hard to tell, but it looks yummy.

(just like it's owner, I might add :-))

[Logchain]

22. It was chocolate chip mint

And yes, I mean chocolate chip mint, not mint chocolate chip. That's what it is called in Oregon.

My brother was at Prince Puckler's. He arrived after the crowd and had to wait around for his own icecream (that's what he was there for.) He talked to the kid behind the counter, who said that it was a typical day until a secret service agent showed up, pulled him aside and told him to make ten "mint chocolate chips" and not tell any one "Don't use your phone, don't tell any customers, don't tell your coworkers, Barack Obama will be here in five minutes."

[DangerousRhythm]

23. Ooh, good call.

I LOVE pistachio something fierce.

*drool*

[Cha]

18. Lucky Prince Pucklers! Funny

'cause I had a dream last night and Obama was there and I was making waffles for all these people and I kept leaving the waffle iron to go see Obama and the ones waiting for their waffles were getting hungry from all the burnt waffles.

Thanks Florida~

[Scurrilous]

21. K & R

:thumbsup: